Welsh v. Mandeville & Jamesson

Thi* court «at cáu^’to^be heard, unleu aerveil^iiiy day «before the W*y °f **

YOUNGS, for the defendant in error, objected to the hearing of the cause at this term, the citation not having been. served thirty days before the first day of the term. The service was on the 12th of January, and the first day of the term was the 6th of February. contended, that it was to be. inferred from the case of Lloyd v. Alexander, ante, vol. 1. p. 365. that if the defendant appears within the thirty days, the court will hear the case; or they will hear the case, after the expiration of the thirty-days, even if the party does not appear. Youngs.. The 22d section of the judiciary act, vol. 1. p. 62. requires, that the defendant in error, should have thirty days’ notice by the service of the citation. The citation is to appear, on the first day of the. term, consequently thirty days’ notice must be by service of the citation thirty' days before the first day of the court.